The General Medical Council, which regulates the profession, has been re-constituted with increased non-medical representation. Changes in legislation have allowed lay membership of the Council to be ...

There is an increasingly divisive debate and media speculation about the motives of new immigrants and the priorities of statutory agencies and housing service providers. Many assumptions are made ...

This guidance paper from the Local Government Association describes how the sustainable communities agenda, which requires a new working relationship, is being supported by local delivery vehicles.

A new guide has been produced to explain how patients involved in improving care services should be paid or have their expenses reimbursed. The Reward and Recognition guide has been developed jointly ...

Workers in the Public Sector are prepared to be flexible if it will stop their colleagues losing their jobs, according to a survey of over 2,500 people by the independent campaign Keep Britain Working ...

Local government’s Improvement and Development Agency has given support to the Performance and Innovation Unit’s proposals for privacy and data sharing. Under the PIU’s proposals public bodies would ...

The new leader of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has warned that social care is facing a tough twelve months. Richard Jones, who is the Association’s incoming President, said ...

Tougher checks on the eligibility of patents to get free dental care and free drugs on prescription have reduced fraud by 37% and saved the health service 58 million pounds. Patients must provide ...

Some 250 schemes to make burglary more difficult in high risk areas have produced a 28 per cent reduction in the crime. The schemes, funded by 26 million pounds from the Crime Reduction Budget, now ...